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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I am happy to announce on OFED 1.2 GA release.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The release can be found under:</FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.openfabrics.org/builds/ofed-1.2/</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">And later it will be on the OpenFabrics download page: </FONT>
<BR><A HREF="http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads.htm</FONT></U></A>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This release was done in a joint effort of all companies in the EWG group.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">I wish to thank all who contributed to the success of this release.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tziporet</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">===============================================================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Release summary:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) version 1.2 software package </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">supporting InfiniBand and iWARP fabrics. It is composed of several software </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">modules intended for use on a computer cluster constructed as an InfiniBand </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">subnet or an iWARP network.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">OFED package contains the following components:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">===============================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The OFED Distribution package generates RPMs for installing the following:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o OpenFabrics core and ULPs</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - HCA drivers (mthca, ipath, ehca)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - iWARP driver (cxgb3)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - core</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Upper Layer Protocols: IPoIB, SDP, SRP Initiator, iSER Initiator</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> RDS, VNIC and uDAPL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o OpenFabrics utilities</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - OpenSM: InfiniBand Subnet Manager</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Diagnostic tools</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Performance tests</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o MPI</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - OSU MVAPICH stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Open MPI stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - OSU MVAPICH2 stack supporting the InfiniBand and iWARP interface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - MPI benchmark tests (OSU BW/LAT, Intel MPI Benchmark, Presta)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Extra packages</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - open-iscsi: open-iscsi initiator with iSER support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ib-bonding: Bonding driver for IPoIB interface</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Sources of all software modules (under conditions mentioned in the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> modules' LICENSE files)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Documentation</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Notes:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1. All OFED components are of production quality, except for:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - The cxgb3 driver is in technology preview state.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - The Virtual NIC (VNIC) driver is presented as a technology preview.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. See release notes for each package in OFED docs.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Third Party Packages</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">--------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The following third party packages have been tested with OFED 1.2:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">1. Intel MPI, Version 3.0 - Package ID: l_mpi_p_3.0.043</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">2. HP MPI, Version 2.2.5</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Supported Platforms and Operating Systems</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">=========================================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o CPU architectures:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - x86_64</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - x86</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ia64</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - ppc64</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Linux Operating Systems:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up3: 2.6.9-34.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up4: 2.6.9-42.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL4 up5: 2.6.9-55.ELsmp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - RedHat EL5: 2.6.18-8.el5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES9 SP3: 2.6.5-7.244-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - SLES10: 2.6.16.21-0.8-smp</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - kernel.org: 2.6.19.x and 2.6.20.x</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">HCAs and RNICs Supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">------------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This release supports IB HCAs by Mellanox Technologies, Qlogic and IBM as</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">well as iWARP RNICs by Chelsio Communications.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Mellanox Technologies HCAs:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - InfiniHost (fw-23108 Rev 3.5.000)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - InfiniHost III Ex (MemFree: fw-25218 Rev 5.2.000</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> with memory: fw-25208 Rev 4.8.200)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - InfiniHost III Lx (fw-25204 Rev 1.2.000)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> The SDR and DDR modes of the InfiniHost III family are supported.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> For official firmware versions please see:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.mellanox.com/support/firmware_table.php</FONT></U></A>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Qlogic HCAs:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - QHT6040 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-460)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - QHT6140 (PathScale InfiniPath HT-465)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - QLE6140 (PathScale InfiniPath PE-880)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o IBM HCAs:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - GX Dual-port 4x IB HCA</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - GX Dual-port 12x IB HCA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Chelsio RNICs:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - S310/S320 10GbE Storage Accelerators</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - R310E 10GbE iWARP Adapters</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Switches Supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">------------------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This release was tested with switches and gateways provided by the following</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">companies:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Cisco</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Voltaire</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Qlogic</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - Flextronics</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Main changed from OFED 1.1:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">============================</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Note: For details regarding the various changes, please see the release notes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">for each package in the docs directory.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> General changes</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Kernel code based on 2.6.20</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o New kernel modules: SA Cache, RDS, VNIC, bonding</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o High availability of SRP and IPoIB in GA level</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Added iWARP support (with Chelsio driver)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o MAN pages for libraries (libibverbs and librdmacm)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> IPoIB</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o IPoIB Connected Mode</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o High availability support using the bonding module.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> SDP</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o netstat is now available</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Improved message BW and Scalability</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> SRP</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o High availability is now supported for all systems.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> iSER</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Testing more platforms (e.g., ppc64 and ia64)</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Updated packages for ISCSI kernel & user components bundled with OFED.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> uDAPL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Scalability features needed for Intel MPI </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Libraries</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> a. libibverbs 1.1</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Fork support (requires apps change) </FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Better low-level driver handling, including multiple drivers linked </FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> in statically</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Documentation: man pages</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> b. librdmacm (uCMA) 1.0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Multicast joining from user space</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o UD support</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Documentation: man pages</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> OSM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Routing improvements</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Performance improvement to min hop and up/down of over an order of magnitude</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o New fat-tree and LASH algorithms</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o SA optional record support "virtually" complete</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o IB router enablement</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o SA database dump/restore</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Management </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Many diagnostic improvements since OFED 1.1 (see detailed RN)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o ibdiagui: A GUI for ibdiagnet</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> MPI: </FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">a. OSU MVAPICH</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Version was updated to 0.9.9</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">b. Open MPI</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o Version was updated to 1.2.1</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o See </FONT><A HREF="http://www.open-mpi.org/svn/new.php"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">http://www.open-mpi.org/svn/new.php</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> for details</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">c. OSU MVAPICH2</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">o MVAPICH2 version 0.98 was added to the OFED package.</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">d. Common MPI setup sourcing</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Simple menu-driven interface to choose which MPI implementation to set as</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> the default on a per-user and/or system-wide basis</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> iWARP Support</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Chelsio NIC supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Verbs and CMA APIs are the same as InfiniBand</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o ULPs supported</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - MPI (mvapich2 tested)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> - uDAPL</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> Install</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> o Default prefix directory is now /usr</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">See the attached are the release notes for more details</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New"> <FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2 COLOR="#000000"> <<OFED_release_notes.txt>> </FONT></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tziporet Koren</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Software Director</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mellanox Technologies</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">mailto: tziporet@mellanox.co.il</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Tel +972-4-9097200, ext 380</FONT>
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